Sri Lanka, March 21 -- The Colombo Magistrate's Court has directed the Illegal Assets Investigation Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to further investigate Piumi Hansamali under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and report progress to the court.

The motion filed by Hansamali's legal representatives alleging that her business operations have been negatively impacted due to the actions of the CID officers was taken up before Colombo Additional Magistrate Manjula Ratnayake today (20).

When the motion was taken up, OIC of the Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the CID Sampath Rajakaruna appeared before the court in response to a prior court notice.

Hansamali's legal representative, Attorney-at-Law Sumudu Hewag...